Word: jima
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...became known as "the father of modern amphibious warfare" when he commanded the Fleet Marine Force in the Pacific during World War II; of a heart attack; in San Diego, Calif. A stocky, sulphurous, onetime Alabama lawyer, Smith personally led the bloody Marine assaults on Tarawa, Saipan and Iwo Jima, and dismissed criticism of heavy casualty rates (3,200 casualties at Tarawa alone) with "Gentlemen, it was our will...
...Whenever the Class of '66 feel sorry for themselves, they should count the graves at Arlington, or the crosses on Iwo Jima, or the Chosin headstones, and then thank God that they have the privilege of an education and free choice of career. And instead of fearing the unknown, they should look forward to military service. Most ex-servicemen will tell you that some of their best times and most lasting friendships were in the armed forces...
...avoid the ROTC program, which takes at least some of the uncertainty out of pre-Army life? Come off it Gary, David, Douglas, Paul! How about a little less whining and a little more determination as we thank God that we were not born in time for Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Omaha Beach and Guam. Those young guys were inconvenienced too, you know. Because they were, you've got your precious freedom and college education...
Trim, tanned and fit as a Marine Corps drill instructor (he won a Silver Star on Iwo Jima), Lawyer Ickes speaks six languages, has been a Davies lieutenant ever since Davies took him on as general counsel for his American Independent Oil Co. in 1950. The two work together like the barrels of a shotgun-as is only natural. It was F.D.R.'s curmudgeonly Interior Secretary Harold Ickes, Raymond's father, who picked Davies to be wartime Deputy Petroleum Coordinator when he was a vice president of Standard Oil of California. In part because Davies had so faithfully...
...Civil War, when the area provided more Union troops per capita than any other in the state. The town has paid dearly for its distinction. During the dark days of World War II, Red Oak lost more than 50 of its sons in battles from Tunisia to Iwo Jima. In proportion to population (then 5,763), it was possibly the highest loss suffered by any town in the nation. Commemorating Red Oak's sacrifice, the Maritime Administration christened a wartime freighter after...